Which of the Following Is True Regarding the Difference Between

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true regarding the difference between a young child's and an adolescent's understanding of death?

• A)Adolescents are more likely than younger children to think about the possibility of an afterlife.
• B)Adolescents are less likely than younger children to think about the abstract meaning of death.
• C)Adolescents are less likely than younger children to say that death was the result of cessation of biological processes.
• D)Adolescents are more likely than younger children to view death as just a biological ending of life.

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Definitions:

Automatic Thoughts

Immediate, involuntary thoughts that occur in response to a situation, often based on underlying beliefs.

Artifact Theory

A concept suggesting that observed differences in psychological testing across cultural or racial groups are the result of the tests themselves, not actual differences in the groups.

Rumination Theory

A theory suggesting that continually thinking about problems or negative thoughts without taking action can lead to or worsen depression.

Cyclothymic Disorder

A mood disorder characterized by chronic fluctuation between mild depressive and hypomanic episodes, without reaching the severity of major depression or full-blown mania.